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Wait… there’s still a Legalize Marijuana Now party? Why? Didn’t they already win that fight?

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I am reminded why I dropped you before. The sheer incompetence on election integrity is so disappointing.

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Aug 20·edited Aug 20Liked by James J. Heaney

“I also find it interesting (but, again, sample size insufficient) to note that the three Republicans who ran for U.S. Senate as pro-choicers (Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Tiffany Smiley of Washington, and Joe O’Dea of Colorado) performed substantially worse than their peers, even their Trump-aligned peers."

Can you clarify why you feel Lisa Murkowski performed substantially worse than her peers? You went into no detail about it, only discussing Joe O'Dea. Alaska's ranked choice voting system makes it harder to compare its election results to those of other states--but Murkowski in the general election did defeat the Trump-aligned, pro-life Kelly Tshibaka.

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